Guest usatemples Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I have a highly motivated, smart and independent rising 10th grader who wants to homeschool next year. She is bored and frustrated with private school - does anyone have comments about online high schools, eg using Switched on Schoolhouse? This is all new to us, so any help would be great! Info about any quality online high school courses would be welcome too. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Check to see if your state has one. Here we have FL Virtual School that's free (in-state) & I think some use K-12. There's also some University schools (Missouri, Oklahoma & Texas Tech I think)--check your state U to see if they have something there. If you want Christian, Liberty U has an academy that all the tuition $$ are used as a scholarship for your dc @ Liberty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 There is Keystone, Potters School and Veritas Press (the last 2 being more rigorous than the 1st). I would think all subjects or even more than one of SOS would be drudgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockala Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 we did Potter School this year and took English 2 (highly recc, their english class always get rave reviews) and Apologia Academy online as well. DD greatly ejoys both. A friend did 3 Scholars Online from Veritas and was very disappointed. They do not use a virtual classroom and they sell it well, but her ds has waited months for grades and they have dropped one of the classes. Potter and Apologia have used the GP4 classroom (easy downloadable and free), we are pleased with that format. Right now Potter School has forums that you can get reviews on teachers and such, which can be a help. I was originally turned off as it seemed too rigid, but it turned out not to be that way a at all. HTH, Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annabanana1992 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 A friend did 3 Scholars Online from Veritas and was very disappointed. They do not use a virtual classroom and they sell it well, but her ds has waited months for grades and they have dropped one of the classes. Veritas Press and Scholars Online are two different programs, I believe. Veritas Press does use a live classroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockala Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 hmmm. I will ask her which one then, I must be confused, sorry. the classroom is live, but with a chat box, no sound. the ones we take you are always looking at different things the instructer puts up and you can hear them speaking as well. There is still a chatbox, but the primary mode of teaching is verbal and visual vs. reading text with no visuals, i just want to be clear on the differences. Also, the students mike can be turned on for a prestentation as well. It is a whole different experience. She thought the chat box was better and was sold on it, but it turned out to be not so good a fit for her son. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in PA Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 The Veritas classes are live with student participation on microphones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 we did Potter School this year and took English 2 (highly recc, their english class always get rave reviews) and Apologia Academy online as well. DD greatly ejoys both. A friend did 3 Scholars Online from Veritas and was very disappointed. They do not use a virtual classroom and they sell it well, but her ds has waited months for grades and they have dropped one of the classes. Potter and Apologia have used the GP4 classroom (easy downloadable and free), we are pleased with that format. Right now Potter School has forums that you can get reviews on teachers and such, which can be a help. I was originally turned off as it seemed too rigid, but it turned out not to be that way a at all. HTH, Kathy My dd uses Veritas Press and they are a live online class, a virtual classroom and her teachers have been very ontime w/her grades. Matter of fact she has good communication w/all her teachers, never had a problem w/communication or grades. The admin. staff is very nice, not pushy salespeople and answer your questions immediately and what I like is, I always get my phone calls answered right away, w/o being transferred to ten different people. We love Vertias Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 My son will be starting Connections Academy next year for 9th grade. Most states have a public school version and a private school version (called National Connections Academy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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